Glass cutter



guide for Vthecutterengaging one side of the V handle member; and I Fig. i is an enlarged view similar to Fig. 3 show ing the `cuttingedisk as mounted uponta shaft which i's` parallel'to the axis of rotation of the the surface of theglass.

The glass cutter illustrated in the accompany-1AV ing drawing comprises a metalhandle memben I having an integral narrow head Y-2 having sube' stantially parallel flat sides 3 and 4 and provided with a concave depression 5; in proximity to the head in which the linger of the user may; be

seated, and having a spheroidal end portion 6" =adapted .to be used fas -aghamrner to start the break .bycracking the glass along the score line.

.The head 2 terminates in an angular end l and disk and consequently inclined to the plane oi'TV v uniform pane throughout the fun length of the cut, thus avoiding' the wobbling and spalling acf tion of the cutterand producingaclean uniform it' will 'be'understood that while invention is particularly described with reference to a usual type of manually operable glass Vcutting tool, it

may also be embodied in other types of glass outtin'g devices such as those. employed for cutting circles, tubes, or the like, so long as the plane of f Hthe cutting edge ofthe disk is suiiiciently inclined to the direction in which force is'applied to main- .at one side is provided with usual spaced slots v8.-

Q- and Illadapted t o engageed'geportions of glass .of diierent thickness extending beyond thescored line and adapted by angularmovement of the handle to break away such portions. l f

In conventionahcutters, the angular end portion of the cuttermis provided with a slot for the l cuttingdisk v which extends in parallelismV to Vthe axisofgthe handle.. Inthe present inventOn a slot Il vis milled por ;o therwise formedn the end of the ycutter extending in a direction vslightly inclinedto'the longitudinal axis of the handle. A .thin V,cutting disk I ?vr having 4a circular sharp tain the direction through which the cutting force is applied slightly inclined to the lplane Vof the lcutting edge of the disk.

is of an illustrative characterand is not restrictive of the meaning and scope ofthe following claims. Y

Having thus described the invention, what claimed as new, and desired Yto `be secured by'Letters Patent; is: f Y

cutting edgeI3 is'mounted upona suitable shaft .extending through the bifurcated end portionof the .cutter producedby the slot II witha slight '.tolerancebetween the shaft and the central bore y1..A glass cutter-'comprising a head, through which pressure isA applied in the Vdirection efv its longitudinal axis, provided at its end with-a slot .inclinedto said axis, a shaftfmounted in said head near the end 'thereof and crossing said slot,V a cutting diskof slightly lessthicknessrthan the Width of said slot having a'central bore of lslightly greater diameter than Athat of said shaft mounted /on saidshaft operable when lcutting,pressure is tends through and'islflxedly, mountedin the arms ofthev bifurcated.headofgthe handle,L is perpen- -dicular'to the axis of thel handleand the diskV cl2; which isrprovided with a b ore slightly larger in diameter than thatof the disk, is mounted upon the shaft. so that when the cutter is pressed .downwardly vertically in the direction of the axisl of the handle to force the cutting disk intoeengagement withtheglassthe shaft I4 will be par- -allel to the planeI5 of .the glass and thefdisk tilted in suchmanner that opposite facesof the `glass will engage opposite Walls of the slot andits -cutting edge vI3 held in slightly inclinedrelation e Y to the plane ofthe glass.

In1 the construction shown in Fig. 4'thefsha'ft I4 extends through and. is fixedly mounted inthe A ends of the arms of the bifurcatedhead ofthe whandle in a direction .perpendicular to the walls n I6 and I1 of the inclined slot II and the disk is consequently slightly inclined to the; plane` I5 of the glass. "I

1 In each of these cases pressure/applied in the axial direction of the handleproduces a pressure Vuponthe 'disk causing lit to bear upon the under sider I8 of theshaft and the resultant force of the pressure to cause the fsideof the disk adjacent Y *its/periphery' to bearagainst the Wall I=S of the slot along a linel'S above the axis of the disk and also to bear againstthe opposite Wall I'I ofthe slot alonga line 20 preferably an equal distance below the shaft upon whichthe disk is mounted. Y' By reason of Ythis construction the resultant force of the inclined disk whenits cutting edge is forced downwardly by pressure applied axially of the'handle will force the flat side 4 of the head of the cutter against a straight edge or template 2I therebyfmaintaining lthe cutter continuously in engagement with the straight edge or platen and also causing the cutter diskl to travel in an exactly appliedin the longitudinal direction ofthe axis ofl the head to cause one side'ofsaiddisk ,to engage a wallofthe slot above the shaft and k the other side of said' disk to engage the opposite .wall of said slot below saidvshaft thereby preventing Wobbling of the" cutting disk andinsuring rotationof the .cutting edge ofthe disk menendeviatng plane. y

- 2., A glasscutter comprising a straight handle havingv a narrow, head provided with a -guiding face parallel to the axis @f -the handleV adapted to engage a guideforuthescore line to be out in the glass having an. inwardly extending, slot slightly inclined toward the guidingface of the head, a shaft extendingacross said slot perpendicular to the axis of the handle, and aA cutter disk of Slightly less thickness than the'Y-viluidtlflofi said slotmounted on said shaft operable when cutting force is applied in the axial direction of said handle to cause opposite sides of'said disk toenegage the respective walls of said rslot above and below Said Shaft and to produce a resultant force which Will maintain the guidingr'face` of the head continuously in contact With the guide for the score line. Y Y Y 3. lA glassv 'cutter comprising a straight handle 1 having` a vnarrow headprovided witha ilat guid`v ing face parallel tothe longitudinal axis of the handle having aninwardly extending slot slightly inclined'toward theri'lat face of said headga shaft extending across saidslot perpendicular to the Walls thereof, and a cutter disk mounted on said shaft having a central bore slightly greaterthan that of said shaftgand having an acute V-shaped cutting edge adaptedy to produceva substantially vertical V-lshaped score in theglass operable when cutting force is applied in the axial direction of saidhandle to lproduce a resultant forcewhich will maintain the guiding face of the head con-V- tinuously incontact with vthe guide for the score line. I.

Y RICHARD C. BARRET; i

It will therefore be understood that the gates :cutter particularly shown and described herein 

